Book Reviews

The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman

Reviewed by Karen Lane, Need a Read In a letter to her readers, the author asks "what if the worst thing that ever happened to you could actually become the catalyst for the best time of your lif...

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Reviewed by Karen Lane, Need a Read What a wonderful, big, sprawling epic of a book this is – big in time, in history, in geography and in scope. Maggie Shipstead apparently spent years researchi...

The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas

Reviewed by Karen Lane, Need a Read In only 200 pages, this glorious little book packs a proper punch! It’s based on very real events. In the late 1800’s in a hospital called La Salpetriere, high...

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

Reviewed by Karen Lane, Need a Read Kate Quinn, author of The Huntress and The Alice Network, has written another heart-stopping World War II story to lose yourself in.. 1940. As England prepares...

The Push by Ashley Audrain

Reviewed by Karen Lane, Need a Read Jeepers.. this book! It is truly unputdownable. I picked it up after lunch one afternoon planning to read for 15 minutes while I drank my tea... well! I was ut...

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Reviewed by Karen Lane, Need a Read If you read only one book this month, please read Miss Benson's Beetle! The UK Sunday Times describes it as a life-affirming, joyously escapist picaresque tale...